To ensure that designs are original and innovative, registration of designs is required.

The registration is valid for a maximum of ten years, with a possible extension of five years.

Yes, you are free to cancel your design registration at any time. The Controller of Design must receive an appeal requesting the undoing of structure 8 on the related difficulties.

A record maintained by the Patent Office in Kolkata to keep track of the design number, class number, date of documentation, communication date, address of the Proprietor, name of the Proprietor, and several factors that may affect the validity of ownership.

The use of a design or its imitation on an article belonging to a class of products in which the design has been registered with the intention of selling or importing such articles without the registered proprietor's authorization is considered design piracy.

A design is referred to shape, ornament, pattern, composition of line or colors, or any other visible aspect. A design can be two or three-dimensional.

Design registration is not mandatory, having a design registration protects the design's uniqueness and authenticity.

A design registration bestows copyright on the design that is registered for 10 years which can be further extended by 5 years. The owner of the design has exclusive rights to use the design in the class in which it has been registered

An application for design registration should be made as soon as possible after the design is finalized and before it is shown to others.

Application for obtaining design registration can be made by the proprietor of any design, an Assignee ( jointly or separately ), if the applicant is a non-resident Indian then his agent or representative should apply.